PASK, PASKE One-Name Study Narratives

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Annie was in a family photograph taken 21 July 1905, two days before the death of her father James; L-R back row Elizabeth, Mary, Walter, Jane, David, Sarah.L-R middle row Annie, James, his wife Mary (nee Allen), ErnestL-R front row Edward, Frances, James and Margaret.6,7,8Annie died in 1937 in New Zealand.9

[S2743] Website Papers Past New Zealand (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast) "Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9685, 29 April 1893, Page 2LEPINE-PASK. — On April 9th, at St Mary's Church, New Plymouth, by the Ven Archdeacon Govett, James Frederick, fifth son of the late William Lepine, of Auckland, to Annie Maria, eldest daughter of James Pask, of Makino Road, Feilding."

Ernest was in a family photograph taken 21 July 1905, two days before the death of his father James; L-R back row Elizabeth, Mary, Walter, Jane, David, Sarah.L-R middle row Annie, James, his wife Mary (nee Allen), ErnestL-R front row Edward, Frances, James and Margaret.10,11,12

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[S402] Website Peter's Genealogy Resources (http://www.igrin.co.nz/petersim/birman07.html) : "Eli Allen was married to Elizabeth Mitchell, who had arrived with her parents aboard the Gertrude in 1841, on 19 October 1845 by the Rev. Samuel Ironside at the Wesleyan Church, Manners Street. Elizabeth Allen died on 21 September 1887, and Eli on 27 September 1889. They had six daughters and two sons. Mary (born 1 October 1846) married James Pask. Elizabeth married Thomas Tremewan. Hannah married Henry James Freeman, a watchmaker of Wellington. Nancy married John Mitchell, Sarah married James Taverner Russell and Maria married James Gordon. Eli (jnr) married Mary Morgan, daughter of John Morgan, and the other son was John. Source: Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road by Arthur H. Carman p127-8."

Elizabeth was in a family photograph taken 21 July 1905, two days before the death of her father James; L-R back row Elizabeth, Mary, Walter, Jane, David, Sarah.L-R middle row Annie, James, his wife Mary (nee Allen), ErnestL-R front row Edward, Frances, James and Margaret.5,6,7Elizabeth married JamesEVES on 26 June 1907 in Feilding, Manawatu District, New Zealand.1,8,3,9,10

[S2743] Website Papers Past New Zealand (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast) "Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13461, 28 June 1907, Page 2EVES— PASK— At Feilding, on June 26th, John, third son of Mr George Eves, of "Spring Grove," Nelson, to Elizabeth, second daughter of the late James Pask, of Makino, Feilding."

Mary was in a family photograph taken 21 July 1905, two days before the death of her father James; L-R back row Elizabeth, Mary, Walter, Jane, David, Sarah.L-R middle row Annie, James, his wife Mary (nee Allen), ErnestL-R front row Edward, Frances, James and Margaret.12,9,13

Research Note: Don writes: "We have a framed copy of that Pask family photo hanging on our living room wall. Jane and Mary are standing in the back row. Mary is second from the left and Jane is further along, in front of the window and between two brothers."6

Albert TinternAYERS was born on 9 January 1875, the son of William AYERS & Ann Maria GOUGH. He was born on the ship "Tintern Abbey", Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, whilst his parents and four siblings were emigrating to Lyttleton, New Zealand.2,3,4

AYERS-PASK-On 4th July, at the residence of the bride's mother, Ernest Robert, fourth son of Mr W. Ayers, of Greenpark, Christchurch, to Miss Jane Pask, fourth daughter of the late James Pask, of Makino.11

Research Note: Rae Adelaide Ayers is the granddaughter of Ernest Robert Ayers and Jane Pask.9Research Note: Don writes: "We have a framed copy of that Pask family photo hanging on our living room wall. Jane and Mary are standing in the back row. Mary is second from the left and Jane is further along, in front of the window and between two brothers."4

AYERS-PASK-On 4th July, at the residence of the bride's mother, Ernest Robert, fourth son of Mr W. Ayers, of Greenpark, Christchurch, to Miss Jane Pask, fourth daughter of the late James Pask, of Makino.8

Frances was in a family photograph taken 21 July 1905, two days before the death of her father James; L-R back row Elizabeth, Mary, Walter, Jane, David, Sarah.L-R middle row Annie, James, his wife Mary (nee Allen), ErnestL-R front row Edward, Frances, James and Margaret.7,8,9

[S4109] Digital photograph of Pask Headstone. Photograph taken by Carol & George Judkins, and kindly provided by Dianne Baird. James Pask who died at Oakleigh 5th May 1890aged 80 years and 9 monthsalso his son Joseph William Died 1st May 1874aged 5 years and 4 monthsat restAlso his beloved wifeMargaret Paskwho died at Oakleigh 30th Oct 1912aged 78 years and 11 monthsDavid PaskLoved husband of Eleanor Dinahdied 15th December 1943aged 78 yearsEleanor Dinah PaskLoved wife of the aboveDied 2nd March 1947Aged 75 years"In God's Care.""

[S4109] Digital photograph of Pask Headstone. Photograph taken by Carol & George Judkins, and kindly provided by Dianne Baird. James Pask who died at Oakleigh 5th May 1890aged 80 years and 9 monthsalso his son Joseph William Died 1st May 1874aged 5 years and 4 monthsat restAlso his beloved wifeMargaret Paskwho died at Oakleigh 30th Oct 1912aged 78 years and 11 monthsDavid PaskLoved husband of Eleanor Dinahdied 15th December 1943aged 78 yearsEleanor Dinah PaskLoved wife of the aboveDied 2nd March 1947Aged 75 years"In God's Care.""

Margaret was in a family photograph taken 21 July 1905, two days before the death of her father James; L-R back row Elizabeth, Mary, Walter, Jane, David, Sarah.L-R middle row Annie, James, his wife Mary (nee Allen), ErnestL-R front row Edward, Frances, James and Margaret.5,6,7

James was in a family photograph taken 21 July 1905, two days before the death of his father James; L-R back row Elizabeth, Mary, Walter, Jane, David, Sarah.L-R middle row Annie, James, his wife Mary (nee Allen), ErnestL-R front row Edward, Frances, James and Margaret.9,8,10James married Margaret EllenBRACEWELL on 20 November 1911 in Feilding, Manawatu District, New Zealand.Their marriage was reported in the Feilding Star on 30 November 1911, it read:

WEDDING BELLS.A quiet wedding was celebrated at the Presbyterian manse yesterday, by the Rev. Geo. Budd, when Mr James Pask, son of the late James Pask, of Makino, was married to Miss Margaret Bracewell, daughter of Mr and Mrs B. Bracewell, recently of North road, Feikling, and now of Christchurch.4,5,11,12,13

James was a Farm Worker around the Feilding area of New Zealand and came to Edendale Southland about 1935 to be a farmer on land he purchased. My father worked on the farm and took it over with his brother Roy when James retired.6

Research Note: James was the grandfather of researcher Laurence Pask.6

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